The University of Wisconsin Sailing Team is a coed, student-run, nationally competitive club team that allows undergraduate students to compete at regattas around the Midwest and across the country.

Any undergraduate UW-Madison student interested in racing and improving their sailing abilities, from competitive racers to inquisitive newcomers.

The team is an excellent way to meet friends from around the country who share a love of sailing. From homework help to general advice, sailing tips to team dinners, the team is there for you at any point. Just as our sailors have for the last 72 years, your teammates will become your best friends and family, creating everlasting memories.

The majority of our regattas are held in collegiate 420s or FJs, although several regattas each year sail lasers or keelboats. Our team owns an 18 boat fleet of Zim E-420s and 6 FJs.

The team practices out of the Hoofer Sailing Club located right outside Memorial Union on Lake Mendota. Competing at schools around the Midwest, members get to experience a variety of sailing locales and conditions such as Lake Michigan sailing at Northwestern and small inland lake sailing at the University of Michigan. Nationally the team often travels to a variety of locations including Boston, Charleston, Newport, Annapolis, and New Orleans, with spring break training trips in the southern US including Florida, South Carolina, and Texas.

The fall season begins with the start of the school year and ends Thanksgiving weekend in Chicago. As soon as the ice breaks in the spring (usually mid March), sailors again begin braving the cold and practice until Nationals at the end of May. The team practices Tuesday through Friday from 2:30 until 6:00 or sundown (usually whichever comes first), with only two practices recommended per week.

Regattas of varying skill levels occur every weekend around the country with most sailors competing in two to four per semester. Students generally leave Friday after class and drive to their sailing site, arriving at their location in time to get a good nights rest to be ready to sail the next morning.